OurMission is to provide education and instruction in the Pilates exercise method, to men and women of all ages, and all fitness levels, in order to help them reach their fitness and wellness goals, as well as facilitate the carry over of the Pilates benefits to enhance their functional movement during daily living tasks and activities.What IS Pilates? ... Pilates is a mind/body form of excercise that provides stretching and strengthening for the entire body, combined and coordinated with an efficient breathing pattern. This method of exercise was developed almost 100 years ago by a man named Joseph H. Pilates who originally called his system of exercise Contrology. "Contrology ", he stated ( in his book Return to Life Through Contrology) "develops the body uniformly, corrects wrong postures, restores physical vitality, invigorates the mind, and elevates the spirit. It is not a system of haphazard exercises designed to produce bulging muscles... rather it was conceived to limber and stretch muscles and ligaments so that your body will be as supple as that of a cat." At Pilates One and All, we agree with another one of Joe' s quoted statements, that " a few well designed movements, properly performed in a balanced sequence are worth hours of doing sloppy calestenics or forced contortions."